2024-08-14
42 分钟Brian Cox and Robin Ince raid the archives of the Royal Society to reveal an unexpected history of science with guests Rufus Hound, Tori Herridge, Matthew Cobb and Keith Moore. Together they explore some of the surprising and wackiest scientific endeavours undertaken by early members of the Royal Society from the discovery of sperm to testing the insect repelling properties of unicorn horn. They hear how a beautiful book on fish almost scuppered Newton's Principia Mathematica and why a guide to the fauna of Switzerland ended up including depictions of dragons. Producer: Melanie Brown Exec Producer: Alexandra Feachem BBC Studios Audio production
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Hello, I'm Robin Ince.
And I'm Brian Cox.
And this is Roald Dahl's the infinite Monkey cage.
Not merely because today's show is recorded inside a giant peach, but because this is the unexpected history of science.
Of course, by giant peach, Robbie means the Royal Society.
It's a very common mistake.
Many of you will know that Isaac Newton very often used to see himself as merely the pip with inside a large, fleshy fruit.
Robin means the Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific society.